The story
- Old English · derived fromhām“homestead”
- Middle English · derived fromgrubbe“grub, insect, larva”
- English todayGrabham
Habitational surname from a lost settlement in Somerset, perhaps from Middle English grubbe (“grub, insect, larva”) + Old English hām (“homestead”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhām all →
homehamcunninghamHempsteadHomewoodHampsteadRotherhamHampdenIshamhjemBrahamTrenthamhameDebenhamCockerhamMeashamWykehamMelthamAlnham-hamhyemPavenhamSparham
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.